Battle of Dover Strait (Q766015)

matcher place: English Channel (relation 9280887), Strait of Dover (relation 9289721), English Channel and North Sea (relation 10639156)
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English Wikipedia categories: Conflicts in 1916, Naval battles of World War I involving Germany, Naval battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, North Sea operations of World War I, October 1916 events, Strait of Dover

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Battle of Dover Strait that occurred on 26–27 October 1916 was a naval battle of the First World War between Great Britain and the German Empire. Two and a half flotillas of German torpedo boats from the Flanders Flotilla launched a raid into the Dover Strait in an attempt to disrupt the Dover Barrage and destroy whatever Allied shipping could be found in the strait.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Das Erste Seegefecht im Kanal war ein Gefecht im Ersten Weltkrieg zwischen Zerstörern und Torpedobooten der britischen Royal Navy und der deutschen Kaiserlichen Marine in der Nacht vom 26. zum 27. Oktober 1916.

Summary from 日本語 / Japanese Wikipedia (jawiki)

ドーバー海峡海戦 (Battle of Dover Strait) は、第一次世界大戦中の1916年10月26日から27日にかけてイギリス軍とドイツ軍との間で戦われた海戦。ドーバー堰の破壊や海峡内での船舶攻撃を目的としてドーバー海峡への襲撃を実行したドイツ軍フランドル隊の水雷艇部隊がイギリス軍の駆逐艦フラートに誰何され、イギリス軍の増援部隊と戦闘になった。夜明けまでにイギリス軍は駆逐艦1隻、輸送船1隻と何隻かのドリフター(対潜哨戒用の装備をもった徴用船)を失った。

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